Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Yu Li sneered in her heart, and her first reaction was that Yan Jiecheng was making empty promises to her.

He is just an apprentice now, and after deducting his living expenses, all the remaining wages have to be given to Yan Fugui.

What if I marry him, I will have no financial power and I have to live in Yan Fugui's house. Then, won't I be controlled by Yan Fugui in everything and have to be a concubine?

As for getting a regular employee and a raise in salary, or allocating housing at the steel mill... those are all non-existent things.

Maybe this will happen within two years, or maybe it won’t happen for five years.

Look at Tang Dashan.

Because she has no parents, she can become the mistress of the Tang family if she marries him. Tang Dashan will give her his monthly salary and let her be responsible for its management.

In order to get married, Tang Dashan spent a lot of money to renovate his house and even set aside a room for himself.

There are even two small bedrooms in the attic.

As long as they have children in the future, these two small bedrooms can be renovated and used immediately, which will be much better than the Yan family living in their parents' home.

More importantly: marrying Tang Dashan may also give you the chance to get an apprenticeship job.

Although he was working in the kitchen, as long as he entered the steel rolling mill, given Master Tang Dashan's status in the steel rolling mill, he might be able to be transferred to other logistics units as a clerk.

Thinking of this, Yu Li no longer had the intention to continue chatting with Yan Jiefang.

I immediately refused: "Comrade Yan, I don't think the two of us are suitable. Please move aside. I want to go home..."

Yan Jiefang became anxious.

I thought that my slander against Tang Dashan just now would definitely make Yu Li give up Tang Dashan and choose me.

I didn't expect that Yu Li would reject me.

Did he look down on his apprentice status, or did the slander against Tang Dashan just now not scare him?

Seeing Yu Li had already left, he chased after her again: "Comrade Yu Li..."

"Everything I said just now is true. If you marry Tang Dashan, you will be jumping into a fire pit. You will definitely not have a good life in the future."

"I am a high school student, more educated than Tang Dashan. Although I am just an apprentice now, I will definitely have a better future than Tang Dashan."

Seeing Yan Jiefang was pestering her and slandering Tang Dashan, Yu Li got angry and refused again: "Comrade Yan Jiefang, please stop chasing us. There is no possibility between us."

"If you don't leave, I'll call for help..."

Yan Jiefang was also a coward. He didn't dare to continue chasing when he heard the word "Public Security".

Twenty minutes later Yu Li returned to her home.

Yu's father, mother and sister Yu Haitang surrounded her as if they had discussed it beforehand, talking to her one after another, wanting to know the result of Yu Li's blind date today.

"Mom, Dad...and sister, can you ask one by one?"

"Let me ask first..." Yu's father said firmly.

"Girl...what do you think of this young man Tang Dashan?"

"Although I know his master, I have never heard of this Tang Dashan."

Yu Li was embarrassed to answer: "Better than I thought, not fat and big-eared like other chefs, overall looks very neat, energetic, and very strong, the cooking vision is very good, better than your cooking skills, mom."

"And his family is renovating their house."

"The Tang family has two large rooms, which are slightly larger than ours."

"At the suggestion of his master, Dashan decided to divide the two rooms into four rooms, one for the living room, one for Dashan to live in, one for his younger brothers and sisters, and one for his grandmother to live in." "A bathroom was also built next to the kitchen for showers and toilets."

"This way, you don't have to go to the bathhouse to take a bath or go to the public toilet to use the toilet."

Father Yu frowned after hearing this: "Such a large project will cost a lot of money. Tang Dashan is only a level 10 chef at a steel mill, with a monthly salary of less than 30 yuan. He also has to support two younger brothers and sisters and a grandmother. Can he come up with so much money?"

"Don't go into debt just to marry a wife. If you really marry her, you will have to pay the debt with her and live a hard life."

A trace of worry flashed across Yu's mother's face, fearing that her eldest daughter would suffer after marrying into the Tang family.

Yu Li quickly explained: "Mom and Dad..."

"You underestimate Tang Dashan."

"Although his salary at the steel mill is less than 30 yuan, he can go out with his master to take on several banquets every month. Each banquet costs exactly one yuan, so his monthly income is more than 30 yuan."

"His master was in charge of the small kitchen at the steel rolling mill. He often stayed at the mill to help out. Most of the leftovers from the small kitchen were taken home by him and his senior brother."

"Every time I go out to attend a banquet, I can bring back some leftovers. Sometimes I can even bring back some pork and chicken that the host family hasn't used up."

"His chef is a great cook. Most of the people who hire him to cook are cadres. They have no shortage of meat at home and he is very generous."

"Before the steel mill's small kitchen was discontinued, my younger brothers and sisters and grandma basically didn't need to spend money to buy food. We only had to spend more than ten yuan a month on food, and the remaining ten yuan was saved."

"When he passes the ninth-level chef exam next year, his salary plus extra income will skyrocket to more than 40 yuan."

"I also learned another secret from him."

"His master has prepared a place for an apprentice in the kitchen for his wife who has not yet married."

"As long as you get married, you can start working as an apprentice in the kitchen of a steel mill in a month at the latest, and become a regular worker after a year."

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..." Father Yu took a breath when he heard it. He didn't expect that his eldest daughter would bring him so many surprises.

If what she just said is correct, then Tang Dashan is definitely a treasure son-in-law.

I quickly asked, "Girl... I heard you call him a big mountain just now... It seems like you have agreed?"

Yu Li nodded embarrassedly: "Mom and Dad..."

"As long as you have no objection, I will get the marriage certificate with Tang Dashan right away."

Father Yu nodded: "You can choose your own man. If you have no objection, your mother and I will definitely have no objection."

The embarrassed expression on Yu Li's face was instantly replaced by a smile, and she quickly replied: "Then I will go to Dashan tomorrow and tell him that you agree..."

After saying that, he told him about how Yan Jiecheng blocked him on the way.

After hearing this, Yu's father slammed the table and cursed, "My daughter..."

"You just didn't agree."

"I haven't heard of Yan Jiecheng, but I have heard of his father Yan Fugui. He is a well-known stingy person in our neighborhood."

"Whether it's towards outsiders or their children, they are all stingy to a certain extent, and the news has spread all over the street."

"I heard that when eating at his house, not only did he divide the steamed bread evenly, but even the pickles were counted. How many pickles each person ate every day had to be counted, and no one could eat more than one."

"If you really marry into the Yan family, you will definitely not have a good life if you meet a father-in-law like this."

"Yan Jiecheng is not a good person either."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't say bad things about others behind their backs." (End of this chapter)